Chris over at the Yahoo group posted this nice bit of info regarding the names of some of the digital waveforms in the Evolver. As most of you probably know, the digital waveforms in the Evolver are the same as those in the Prophet VS. Anyway, I thought I'd repost it here for additional safekeeping, and to see if anyone else has additional info on the waveforms. Having a *complete* list of names/descriptions of the waveforms would be awesome. Thanks Chris! Read on...

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From: "z_flash_ram"
Date: Fri Jan 3, 2003 5:52 pm
Subject: Digital Waveform Types

Hello,
I've been curious as to the types/names of the waveforms that the digital oscs use in the Evolver. I found a Prophet-VS manual and transcribed its waveform list over to the corresponding Evolver wave #'s. These are the only ones listed in the VS manual (the rest of the names are apparently veiled in mystery.)

# NAME/DESCRIPTION

01 Sine
02 Sawtooth
03 Square
14 Pulse var1
15 Pulse var2
25 3rd and 5th harmonics *fundamental absent
27 Heavy 7th harmonics
29 BASSBELL 14th and 28th harmonics
44 VOCAL1 *Detune oscillators using either waveform to bring out the vocal quality
45 VOCAL2 *Detune oscillators using either waveform to bring out the vocal quality
82 Bell Partials1
84 Sawtooth 3rd and 5th
85 Sine 5ths *2 sines an octave and a 5th apart
86 Sine 2 Octave *2 sines, 2 octaves apart
87 Sine 4 Octave *2 sines, 4 Ocataves apart
88 Sawtooth 5ths *2 saws, an octave and a 5th apart
89 Sawtooth 2-Octaves *2 saws, 2 octaves apart
90 Square 5ths *2 squares, a 5th apart
91 Square Octave+5th *2 squares, an octave and a 5th apart
92 Square 2-Octaves *2 squares, 2 octaves apart
94 Bell Partials2
95 Blank Wave

Chris

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from: http://www.vector.synth.net/tech01.shtml

Below is the FULL list of unpublished Waveforms stored within the VS's internal ROM.

000. to 031. User Waves
032. Sine
033. Saw
034. Sqr
035. WmBell
036. RdBell
037. R2Bell
038. W2Bell
039. FmtBell
040. FzReed
041. FmtAOh
042. FmtAhh
043. TriPlus
044. DisBel
045. Pulse1
046. Pulse2
047. SqrReed
048. Oohh
049. Eehh
050. FeedBack
051. Piano1
052. E.Pno
053. M.Harm
054. HiTop
055. WmReed
056. 3 & 5
057. Hollow
058. Hvy7
059. BelOrg
060. BassBel
061. Tine1
062. PhSQR
063. Orient
064. HiPipe
065. Mass
066. ReedOrg
067. OrgAhh
068. MelOrg
069. FmtOrg
070. Clar
071. AhhFem
072. AhhHom
073. AhhBass
074. RegVox
075. Vocal
076. Homme
077. HiAhh
078. Bass
079. Guitar
080. Nice
081. WWind
082. Oboe
083. Harp
084. Pipe
085. Hack1
086. Hack2
087. Hack3
088. Pinch
089. BellHrm
090. BellVox
091. Hi Harm
092. Hi Reed
093. BellReed
094. WmWhstl
095. Wood
096. Pure
097. Med Pure
098. HiHarm
099. FullBell
100. Bell
101. Pinch
102. Clustr
103. M.Pinch
104. VoxPnch
105. OrgPnch
106. AhhPnch
107. PnoOrg
108. BrReed
109. NoFund
110. ReedHrm
111. LiteFund
112. MelOrg
113. Bell
114. Bell
115. 3&5Saw
116. 5thSin
117. Sin2Oct
118. Sin4Oct
119. Saw5th
120. Saw2Oct
121. Sqr5th
122. Sqr5Oct
123. Sqr2Oct
124. WarmLo
125. Bells
126. *null*
127. Noise

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Ok, here's the WAVE list formatted to correspond with the Evolver WAVE #'s. I added the notes from the VS manual. Thanks to DRK for the link!

1 Sine
2 Saw
3 Sqr
4 WmBell
5 RdBell
6 R2Bell
7 W2Bell
8 FmtBell
9 FzReed
10 FmtAOh
11 FmtAhh
12 TriPlus
13 DisBel
14 Pulse1
15 Pulse2
16 SqrReed
17 Oohh
18 49. Eehh
19 FeedBack
20 Piano1
21 E.Pno
22 M.Harm
23 HiTop
24 WmReed
25 3rd and 5th harmonics *fundamental absent
26 Hollow
27 Hvy7
28 BelOrg
29 BASSBELL *14th and 28th harmonics
30 Tine1
31 PhSQR
32 Orient
33 HiPipe
34 Mass
35 ReedOrg
36 OrgAhh
37 MelOrg
38 FmtOrg
39 Clar
40 AhhFem
41 AhhHom
42 AhhBass
43 RegVox
44 VOCAL1 *Detune oscs using either wave to bring out the vocal
45 VOCAL2 *Detune oscs using either wave to bring out the vocal
46 HiAhh
47 Bass
48 Guitar
49 Nice
50 WWind
51 Oboe
52 Harp
53 Pipe
54 Hack1
55 Hack2
56 Hack3
57 Pinch
58 BellHrm
59 BellVox
60 Hi Harm
61 Hi Reed
62 BellReed
63 WmWhstl
64 Wood
65 Pure
66 Med Pure
67 HiHarm
68 FullBell
69 Bell
70 Pinch
71 Clustr
72 M.Pinch
73 VoxPnch
74 OrgPnch
75 AhhPnch
76 PnoOrg
77 BrReed
78 NoFund
79 ReedHrm
80 LiteFund
81 MelOrg
82 Bell
83 Bell
84 Sawtooth 3rd and 5th
85 Sine 5ths *2 sines an octave and a 5th apart
86 Sine 2 Octave *2 sines, 2 octaves apart
87 Sine 4 Octave *2 sines, 4 Ocataves apart
88 Sawtooth 5ths *2 saws, an octave and a 5th apart
89 Sawtooth 2-Octaves *2 saws, 2 octaves apart
90 Square 5ths *2 squares, a 5th apart
91 Square Octave+5th *2 squares, an octave and a 5th apart
92 Square 2-Octaves *2 squares, 2 octaves apart
94 Bell Partials2
95 Null Wave
96+ User Waves (Editor someone?!)

Chris

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I just wandered over to see the chat on Dave's new synth, and found this page about the VS waveshape names. Since it was my job to create most of the original waveshapes with the special program that Josh Jeffe wrote (called "Hacker"), I thought I'd make some comments, since you were looking for more details.

Firstly, the initial list you posted of just a few VS waveshape names is pretty much all of the names I originally made up (expect the numbering is off, of course). The reason so few were named is, most of these waveshapes had no "rhyme or reason" to them; I just moved a mouse around in the waveshape window of Hacker, and stored them when I liked what I heard....so, unfortunately there is no "mystery" about the sources - just a completely empirical approach, you might say.
I have no idea where that "complete list" of names came from - someone's attempt to identify for easier use, I guess. (Ravi's idea that "This tells me perhaps that other than the first short list, the longer list may be somewhat unofficially manufactured after the fact" is indeed the case.)

The names that I did put in the VS manual attempted to describe the waveshapes when there was some logic to it, such as 2 saws tuned an octave or a fifth apart, etc. A couple of the waves were taken from a sample of Josh's voice, while a few others were visually 'copied' from the front panel silk-screen of a Korg DW6000 . The wave drawing program also had an additive synthesis function where I could set the level for each of 16 harmonics, and the silk-screen of the Korg had several waveforms printed in this "harmonic drawbar" fashion...so, I just eyeballed the levels, and counted across the 16 lines to "copy" the waveshapes. I was as surprised as anyone to find that it produced a pretty close approximation (Korg must have done a good job on those screened
graphics!).

I think the most fun of all was creating original waveshapes from the VS itself. As Chris Meyer says, this aspect of the VS was usually sadly negelected.

All in all, a unique-sounding beast!

Do you guys still have a copy of Josh's "Hacker"? If so, what format is the data output - is it in the "Packed MIDI Data" (as Dave likes to call it in the Evolver manual) format? I was working on a conversion utility myself (as mentioned in another thread in this forum), and so is at least one other Evolver owner. If you still have it, and are OK with sharing it, the source code - or even just the executable - of Hacker might be of great help.

Thanks again for the info and history. Do you have an Evolver yourself yet?

BTW, the thread regarding the loading of user waveshapes into the Evolver is here:
http://www.ex5tech.com/ex5ubb_cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=23&t=000010

[ January 22, 2003: Message edited by: Ski ]

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Regards,
John B.

BTW, given that you don't have an Evolver, how did you ever come across this forum?!

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